Cops rounding up 52 charged in Jersey Shore heroin distribution

Bloods gang ties alleged

7:01 AM,
Dec. 18, 2012

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Some 41 people were arrested Monday as authorities fanned out in search of 11 more, all charged in what was described as a significant heroin distribution ring with ties to a set of the Bloods street gang.

The ring distributed more than 200,000 bags of heroin with a street value believed to be in excess of $2 million during the eight-month period it was under investigation, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said at a news conference Monday afternoon. That amounted to about 10,000 bags a week, sold to people of all walks of life and socioeconomic status, he said.